Re: Worldmap mercator projection - Latitude to Y calculation. - last try

"R.Wieser" <[email protected]> Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:01:47 +0100

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John,

> Ah, UK/US difference again. In UK, the form formule is 1677-1829
> (https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=formule),
> whereas the form formula is current

merriam-webster doesn't make any such distinction. Who am I going to believe 
?

> formule comes from the French formule,

Yes, thats what the link I posted says.   And for funzels it mentions your 
singular "formula" as being the plural of of "formule".

> Isn't language fun!

Almost as funny as math.  :-(

Regards,
Rudy Wieser